JAPANESE FISHERY IMPORTS BY SELECTED SPECIES, MAY 2004
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                        Metric tons             Million yen    
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Fishery Products      May 2004  May 2003    May 2004   May 2003
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Live:                               
Eel, adult               2,364     2,425       2,853      2,480
Others                     756       673         791        785

Fresh:
Pacific sockeye              5         9           8         13
Pacific coho                 -         -           -          -
Other Pacific salmon       166       177         112        123
Atlantic salmon          2,038     1,952       1,356      1,296
Yellowfin tuna           1,971     2,369       1,462      1,665 
Bluefin tuna               442       433         956        750
Bigeye tuna              1,471     1,216       1,233        978
Southern bluefin tuna      524       247         981        602
Sea bream                    9        48           4         17
Billfish                   102       201          86        158 

Frozen:
Sardine                  1,395     1,367          92        116
Swordfish                   59        57          51         53 
Pacific sockeye            291       742         143        284
Pacific coho             2,954     2,304         986      1,031
Other Pacific salmon       682       364         316        170
Pink/chum salmon         5,333     6,056       2,049      2,214
Atlantic salmon            408       363         181        173
Other salmon                19        84           4         30
Halibut                  1,523     2,316         948      1,119
Albacore tuna               76       129          22         24
Yellowfin tuna           8,660     7,976       2,146      1,930
Skipjack                 7,197     6,140         616        423
Bluefin tuna               602        87         892        218
Bigeye tuna              8,254    10,473       5,150      6,249
Herring                  8,041     6,174       1,121        943  
Cod                        489     1,165         142        330
Mackerel                 3,258     2,426         495        390
Mero                       137       335         124        293
Jack mackerel            3,685     1,591         406        211
Sea bream                  119        59          24         14
Capelin                  2,593     4,233         432        687
Billfish                   510       526         116        121
Spanish mackerel            85       161          33         32
Rockfish                 1,030       967         255        279
Sablefish                1,343     1,926       1,289      2,148
Herring roe                 24         5          16          5
Pollock roe              9,484    10,422      14,496     14,688
Mero, fillet               204       346         264        471
Swordfish, fillet          127       117          69         59
Pollock surimi           7,539     7,923       1,288      1,837
Cod surimi                  24        18           5          3
Threadfin bream surimi   5,362     6,192         878      1,134  


Salted/dried:
Herring roe                857       740       1,204      1,074
Pollock roe                187       180         261        285
Salmon roe                  25        42          42         72

Shellfish
Live/fresh:
Sea urchin               1,308     1,428         585        632 
Arkshell                   584       653         322        307
Spiny lobster              161       187         457        503
King crab                1,922     2,065         694        845  
Tanner crab              3,757     4,026       1,278      1,235
Blue crab                    1         5           2          9
Korean crab                485       305         402        285
Other crab                 184       207          66        102
Oyster                     892       628         470        294 
Clam                       927       998         162        165 

Frozen:
Spiny lobster              530       578         945      1,046
Lobster                     42         7          86         11
Shrimp                  14,713    17,100      12,885     16,311
King crab                  255       496         429      1,029
Tanner crab              1,220       935       1,356      1,054
Blue crab                  312       199         159         91
Korean crab                  -        22           -          4
Other crab                  15        36           4         25 
European cuttlefish        752     1,590         449        796
Octopus                  3,559     6,056       2,405      4,065
Scallop                     28        43          30         53
Other cuttlefish         1,423     1,373         906        834 
Squid                      546       339         164        109 
Abalone                     19        21          78         65

Salted/dried:
Squid                      219       240         157        172
Sea urchin roe              16        13          43         38
Jellyfish                  686       826         226        273
Seaweed, dried             772       940         439        511
Seaweed, salted          1,739     1,418         195        159

Prepared:
Eel                      5,245     6,705       7,978      6,955
Canned crab                122        32         220         60
Fish meal               24,345    24,674       1,894      1,802

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- = no imports

Contact:  Sunee C. Sonu

12/09/2013


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